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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Shuttle gives space station a mile-high boost
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Laura Bush visits Peruvian hospital
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Blast kills 8 mourners at Pakistani funeral
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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China 19,000 victims identified from May quake
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Obama keeps low profile in auto rescue talks
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Tobey Maguire, Jennifer Meyer expecting baby No. 2
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Spears makes unexpected appearance in court
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Kanye Wests new album to debut on MySpace Music
Southern Ledger - November 22, 2008
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Global News Archive for Octomber 2007:
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Sudanese Orphans Focus of Arrests of 9 French Adults in Chad
Police in Chad arrested nine French adults traveling with more than 100 children from Sudan accusing them of human trafficking...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
Torture Complaint Filed Against Rumsfeld
Several human rights organizations have accused the former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld of responsibility for torture...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
Iranians Dismiss New U.S. Sanctions
Iran?s chief nuclear negotiator on Friday dismissed the new sanctions announced by the Bush administration against the Revolutionary Guard in Iran as insignificant...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
Talks With Iraqi Delegation Begin in Turkey
The talks aim to avert an incursion by Turkey?s military into northern Iraq to fight Kurdish separatist rebels...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
Fighting Escalates Near Stronghold of Pakistani Cleric
Pakistani security forces exchanged heavy gunfire with militants at the seminary of a powerful cleric in the troubled North-West Frontier Province on Friday...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
China Vows to Clean Up Polluted Lake
Eastern China?s Jiangsu Province posted a notice Friday on a government Web site announcing plans to spend $14.4 billion, for a clean-up campaign of Lake Tai...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
Out From Behind the Camera at a Khmer Torture House
Nhem En, who was a photographer at the most notorious torture house of the Khmer Rouge regime, was called to be a witness at an upcoming trial of Khmer Rouge leaders...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
Putin Denounces U.S. Missile Shield
Russian President Vladimir Putin compared the U.S. proposal to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe to the Cuban missile crisis of the 1960s...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
UUP MLA: We should quit executive
Ulster Unionist MLA Basil McCrea says his party should quit the power-sharing executive...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
31 post offices 'facing closure'
Reports claim 31 post offices across south Wales could close under proposals due to be announced...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
'Disgust' over white stag death
South West farmers say a poacher is responsible for the "disgusting" shooting of a rare white stag...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Turkey rejects Iraq's PKK offer
Turkey says Iraqi proposals to deal with Kurdish rebels will take too long to work and more urgent action is needed...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Ramos resigns as Sevilla coach
Juande Ramos resigns as coach of Sevilla and seems set to become the new manager of Tottenham...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Boy, 11, dies in 200ft peak fall
An 11-year-old boy has died after falling from a ridge on Snowdon while walking with his family, police say...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Elderly couple found dead in yard
A man is arrested after the discovery of the bodies of an elderly couple at a scrapyard in Staffordshire...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Putin compares US shield to Cuba
Russian President Vladimir Putin compares US plans for a Europe missile shield to the 1960s Cuban crisis...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Iraqis and Turks in Talks on Kurds
A delegation of senior Iraqi officials is holding high-level talks with the Turkish government in Ankara today to try to avert an incursion by Turkey?s military into northern Iraq to fight Kurdish guerrillas...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
Battle at Pakistan Cleric?s Stronghold
Pakistani security forces battled militants at the seminary of a powerful extremist cleric, according to police officials...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
Kazakh Web Sites Blocked
Site were temporarily shut down this week, organizers said, for publishing documents relating to the battle between the country?s leader and his estranged former son-in-law...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
Russell Watson 'recovering well'
Singer Russell Watson is talking and eating after having surgery on a brain tumour, a hospital official says...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Schools warned off Microsoft deal
UK technology agency Becta lodges an official complaint over Microsoft's school licensing agreements...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Pressure on Cameron over EU poll
Tory leader David Cameron is urged to pledge a referendum on the EU treaty - even if it is ratified next year...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Doubts over pregnancy drink ban
Women should decide for themselves if they want to drink small amounts of alcohol in pregnancy, an expert says...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
US private equity firm eyes Rock
JC Flowers steps up its efforts to take control of Northern Rock, securing a management team should a deal be done...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Man cleared of 'epileptic rape'
A 60-year-old Belfast man is cleared of raping a woman while she had an epileptic fit three years ago...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Victim's mother in trial evidence
A mother tells a murder trial how her daughter was found dead the day before her 21st birthday in 1980...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Boy badly hurt in 200ft peak fall
An 11-year-old boy is badly injured falling from a ridge on Snowdon while walking with his family...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Seized Elton photo not indecent
A photograph owned by Sir Elton John seized from an exhibition is not an indecent image, say prosecutors...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Berlusconi cleared of corruption
Italy's top court acquits ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of corruption charges dating back to the 1980s...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Pinochet family charges dropped
A Chilean court drops corruption charges against family and associates of late military ruler Gen Pinochet...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Ex-Philippine leader Estrada free
Former President Joseph Estrada is freed from detention, after receiving a pardon from his successor...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
French held over Chad 'adoptions'
Nine French citizens are arrested in Chad over an alleged attempt to fly children out of the country...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Tennis: Murray makes semis
Andy Murray produces a fightback to beat Russia's Dmitry Tursunov and reach the semi-final of the St Petersburg Open...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Salmond speaks of 'solid record'
First Minister Alex Salmond opens his party's conference by claiming a "solid record" of achievement in power...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
RAF 'ignored failings of Nimrod'
The RAF ignored warnings its Nimrod aircraft were unsafe before one exploded, a victim's father claims...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Putin warns of new missile crisis
Russian leader Vladimir Putin says US plans for a missile shield are as risky as the 1960s Cuban missile crisis...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Man jailed for urinating on woman
A man who urinated on a dying woman and shouted "this is YouTube material" is jailed for three years...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Jury sees 'terror training' video
Footage allegedly showing men practising military-style techniques in a Hampshire terror camp is seen by a jury...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
2 NATO Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
Insurgents ambushed NATO-led forces in eastern Afghanistan, leaving two alliance troops dead and three others wounded, officials said...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
Attack Halts Oil Facility Off Nigeria
Gunmen attacked a support vessel to an Italian-operated oil production facility off the coast of Nigeria, industry and security sources said...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
Former Philippine President Released
Ousted President Joseph Estrada was a free man for the first time in more than six years after his successor pardoned his graft conviction...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
Pakistani Troops Attack Cleric?s Area
Security forces fired on a stronghold of a militant cleric in Pakistan, sparking a gunbattle near the scene of a suicide attack on a military truck that killed 20 people...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
Iraqis Try to Defuse Tension With Turkey
A high-level Iraqi delegation met with Turkish officials to try to defuse tensions over Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
Apple ready to set Leopard free
Leopard, the latest update of the Apple Mac operating system OSX, goes on sale worldwide from 1800 BST...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Watson 'on good form' in hospital
Singer Russell Watson is "on good form" after emergency surgery for a brain tumour, a hospital official says...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Hospital deep clean 'a gimmick'
The Tories attack the government after it says its "deep clean" scheme will not be centrally monitored...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Bug trust hospitals 'cleaning up'
The new chairman of a health trust criticised over clostridium difficile deaths says care is improving...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
House prices 'now slowing down'
Further evidence that house prices are slowing down in England and Wales has been published...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Fears grow for 600 cosmetics jobs
A cosmetics factory which employs 600 says it is facing a fight for survival after laying off 250 workers...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Gould clarification 'is bizarre'
A move by election expert Ron Gould to "clarify" his findings into the May poll fiasco is dubbed "bizarre" by the SNP...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
MLAs vouched for hotel fraudsters
Two leading MLAs have 'no regrets' about giving character references to two multi-million pound tax cheats...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Pakistani militant base attacked
Troops surround and attacked a stronghold of a leading militant in the district of Swat in northern Pakistan, local police say...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Fatal crash shuts busy motorway
At least one person is killed in a crash on the M27 in Hampshire, causing extensive traffic problems...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Soldiers back on Rangoon streets
Burmese soldiers guard key points in Rangoon, one month on from a crackdown on anti-government protests...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Ramos favourite for Tottenham job
Sevilla coach Juande Ramos is being tipped to take over as Tottenham manager after Martin Jol's sacking...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Football: 'Host matches in US'
Eggert Magnusson says the Premier League should consider switching games to the USA to boost its profile...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Blaze mother had reported crime
A woman who murdered her disabled daughter and killed herself had reported several cases of anti-social behaviour...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Fall girl's mother drowned in sea
The mother of a girl who fell from a hotel balcony in Majorca drowned in the sea nearby, police say...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
California fires evacuees go home
Thousands of evacuees return to their California homes, some of which are wrecked, as wildfires subside...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Elton artwork 'not indecent'
A photo owned by Sir Elton John and seized from a gallery in a child porn probe is not indecent, say prosecutors...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Iran defiant at new US sanctions
Iran responds defiantly to new US sanctions which target its Islamic Revolution Guards Corps and three banks...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Japan: Visitors to Be Fingerprinted
Beginning Nov. 20, foreign visitors will be required to be fingerprinted and photographed under a new measure intended to screen out terrorism suspects, The Financial Times reported. The United States is currently the only country with such procedures. The new rule has come under fierce attack by rights groups. ?This will further the perception in Japan that foreigners are terrorists, and at the same time rejects the idea that the Japanese could be terrorists as well,? the newspaper quoted Makoto Teranaka, secretary general of Amnesty International Japan, as saying. ?In fact, all recent terrorist attacks have been conducted by the Japanese.?...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
World Briefing | Europe: Italy: Beleaguered Premier Demands a Clear Show of Unity
With internal cracks and dissension widening, Prime Minister Romano Prodi called for a declaration of support among the diverse partners in his fragile center-left government. ?It?s time for the political forces in the ruling majority to say clearly whether they intend to continue supporting the government or if they intend instead to put their own interests above the country?s,? Mr. Prodi said on national television. He spoke amid rising concern that the year-old coalition, ranging from communists to centrist Catholics, might soon crumble over disagreement on his proposed budget and fighting among ministers. His predecessor, Silvio Berlusconi, now the opposition leader, is calling for new elections...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: India: Claims That State Sanctioned Gujarat Violence
A private television news network showed what it said were secretly videotaped interviews of several men identified as Hindu activists boasting of their involvement in deadly Hindu-Muslim riots in Gujarat in 2002 and referring to the involvement of the police in the Hindu-governed state and the tacit support of politicians. The videotaping was carried out by Tehelka, a weekly magazine in New Delhi that is to publish its account today. At least 2,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed in the rioting...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: Afghanistan: Gates Doubts Europeans? War Commitment
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates questioned the commitment of some NATO allies to winning in Afghanistan, saying the outcome there was at ?real risk.?...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
World Briefing | Asia: The Philippines: Arroyo Pardons Predecessor and Draws Fire
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo issued a pardon for Joseph Estrada, her predecessor and rival who just a month ago was handed a 40-year-prison term for amassing millions of dollars from bribes and kickbacks during his presidency. Mrs. Arroyo?s spokesman explained that Mr. Estrada, 70, had pledged that he would not seek public office and that the government had a policy of releasing prisoners who have reached the age of 70. Government critics said the pardon was an attempt by Mrs. Arroyo to quell accusations of corruption against her administration from Mr. Estrada?s supporters...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
Chad Rebels in Pact
The government here and four Sudan-based Chadian rebel groups agreed Thursday on a ?definitive peace accord? during talks in Libya...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
Lone Bidder Buys Strands of Che?s Hair at U.S. Auction
A lock of hair from the corpse of Che Guevara, the famed revolutionary and cultural icon, was bought for $100,000 by a Texas bookstore owner and collector of ?60s memorabilia...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
U.N. Warns of Rapid Decay of Environment
The human population is living far beyond its means and inflicting damage to the environment that could pass points of no return, according to a major report from the U.N...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
Truck Bombing Kills 17 Soldiers in Pakistan
A powerful bomb ripped through a truck in the troubled North-West Frontier Province one day after the provincial government deployed 2,500 troops to the area to quell a recent rise of extremism...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
Rice Says ?Hole? in U.S. Law Shields Contractors in Iraq
Condoleezza Rice said the administration would support new laws that would apply to contractors but expressed reservations about proposals to bring contractors under the military justice system...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
U.S. and Turkey Thwart Armenian Genocide Bill
Proponents of a resolution condemning the Armenian genocide on Thursday told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi they were willing to wait until next year...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
A Monk?s Tale of Protest and Escape From Myanmar
Ashin Kovida is 24-year-old Buddhist monk who says he was one of the leaders of the recent protests in Myanmar and escaped last week to Thailand...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
U.S. Envoy Presses Iraq to Act Against Guerrillas
Iraq?s foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, urged Turkish authorities to accept an offer by the Iraqi government to ?pacify, isolate and disrupt? Kurdish separatist rebels...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
News Analysis: U.S. Plays Its ?Unilateral? Card on Iran Sanctions
After 18 months in which the Bush administration has touted the virtues of collective action against Iran, the new sanctions mark a major turn toward unilateralism...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
Saudi King Tries to Grow Modern Ideas in Desert
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is staking $12.5 billion on a bid to catch up with the West in science and technology...
New York Times - October 26, 2007
MPs' £87.6m expenses claim bill
MPs totted up £87.6m in expenses in the last financial year - a "like for like" rise of about 5% on the year before...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Man's murder was 'barbaric'
Mourners at the funeral of attack victim Paul Quinn are told the killing was 'barbaric and deeply sinful'...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Hotel plunge girl 'key to case'
A girl who is in a coma after falling from a hotel balcony is probably the only person to explain how it happened...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Syria 'air strike site removed'
Satellite images show Syria removed a large building from the presumed site of an Israeli air raid, a US institute says...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Disputes set for EU-Russia summit
Differences over trade, energy, human rights and international policy look set to mark the EU-Russia summit...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Argentina wraps up poll campaign
Candidates in Sunday's presidential election in Argentina make final bids for votes as campaigning ends...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Third of primates 'under threat'
Almost a third of all primates face extinction because of damage to their habitats, a report warns...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
Schoolgirls to get 'cancer jab'
Schoolgirls in England will be vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, ministers are set to announce...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
3m extra homes 'still not enough'
The government's pledge to build an extra 3m homes by 2020 will not be enough, a housing agency warns...
BBC News - October 26, 2007
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